Bed construction.



L. H. MANSON & B; B. BLOOD.

BED CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED 11111.19, 1911.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

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LOUIS H. MANSON AND BURR B. BLOOD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,'ASSIGNORS, BYDIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 EUGENE I-I. ZIEGLER, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

BED CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 19, 1911.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

Serial- No. 603,440.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LoUIs H. MANSON and BURR 13. Emma, both citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBed Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bed constructions, andconsists in part of a new and improved construction of bed- .bottomframes, and in part in a new and improved means for resilientlysupporting such bed-bottom frame at its four corners upon a bedsteadframe.

The general object of our invention is to provide an improved bedconstruction cliaracterized by increased simplicity and economy ofmanufacture and increased durability and comfort in use.

To this end our invention consists in the novel parts and combination ofparts hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

Our invention, in the best mechanical form in which we have thus farembodied the same, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of the complete bedconstruction; and Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged fragmentary details viewedin planes at right-angles to each other of the corner brackets of thebed-bottom frame,

showing also the means for connecting said corner brackets to thetransverse end bars and longitudinal side bars of the bed-bottom frameand means for resiliently supporting the bed-bottom frame upon thebedstead frame.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate, respectively, the head andfoot pieces, and 3 the side rails of an ordinary metallic bedstead.

4E designates cross-bars extending between and resting upon the siderails 3 adjacent to the upper and lower ends of the latter.

5 designates as a whole the bed-bottom, the frame of which comprisesessentially transverse end bars 6, preferably made of angleiron,longitudinal side bars 7, herein shown as tubular in form, andvertically disposed corner brackets, each designated as an entirety by8. These corner brackets, which constitute an important feature of ourinvention, are preferably metal castings, the

upper ends of which, designated by 9, are squared to fit the interiorangles of the end bars 6 and are provided with tenons 10 which enterslots 11 (Fig. 2) formed in the end portions of the vertical dependingwings of the transverse end bars 6, thus forming simple, strong, andeasily detachable connections between the corner brackets and the endbars, the connections being maintained by the tension of the bed-bottomfabric 12 stretched between the end bars 6, as usual.

The lower ends of the corner brackets 8 are socketed, as shown at 13(Fig. 3) to receive and snugly fit the ends of the side bars 7 thesockets 13 and side bars 7 being provided with registering holes 1 1 and15, respectively (Fig. 3), for a purpose hereinafter described. Thecorner brackets 8 are also formed with loop portions 16 between theirupper and lower ends, within which loop portions are locatedcompressionsprings 17 preferably of the tapered form shown; said springsbeing stepped on the cross-bars 4 of the bedstead frame just in wardlyof the side rails 3, and their upper ends being engaged by thehorizontal upper ends of the loop portions 16 that constitute lateralspring-engaging abutments on said corner brackets, the lower ends ofsaid loop portions, consisting of the socketed lower ends of thebrackets, underlying the crossbars 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The springs and corner brackets are securely confined relatively to eachother and to the cross-bars 4: on which the springs rest by means ofbolts 18 which extend vertically through holes 19 in the upper end ofthe loop 7 portions 16, through holes 20, formed in the cross-bars 4,and through the registering holes 14 and 15 in the corner brackets andside bars, said bolts passing axially through the springs 17 and beingsecurely confined by nuts 21 on their lower ends, said nuts screwing upagainst the lower sides of the brackets 8. Said bolts 18 also, when thenuts 21 are turned hard against the lower ends of the brackets, serve totie the upper ends of the loops 16 to their lower ends and thusdistribute the strain of the load in part to the latter.

The cross-bars 4 may, if desired, be bolted or otherwise secured inplace on the side rails 3 of the bedstead frame; but in the simpleconstruction herein shown they are made of shallow channels withdepending flanges, which latter are cut away, as shown' in Fig. 2,forming vertical stop shoulders 22 which abut against the inner sides ofthe side rails 3 and thus confine the cross-bars t against longitudinaldisplacement; the weight of the superposed bed-bottom frame and theloops 16 of the corner brackets (through which said cross-bars 4 pass)preventing displacement of the latter in other directions. w

. The construction described is simple, strong, inexpensive tomanufacture, and comfortable in service, since the four corner springs17 permit independent yielding of the sides, ends and corners of thebed-bottom; and, furthermore, the construction permits the location ofthe mattress supporting surface of the bed-bottom at a suitable 1 heightabove the side rails of the bedstead,

while the springs 17 are securely confined against accidentaldisplacement, and, being located inwardly of the side rails 3, are wellout of the way of the. bedding.

We claim-- 1. In a bed construction, the combination with a bed-bottomframe comprising transverse end bars, longitudinal side bars, andvertically disposed corner brackets connected at. their upper and lowerends to said end, and side bars, respectively, said corner bracketsbeing provided with lateral abutments adjacent to their upper ends, of abedstead frame, and compression-springs stepped on said bedstead frameand at their upper ends engaged by said lateral abutments, substantiallyas described.

.2. In a bed construction, the combination with a bed-bottom framecomprising transverse end bars, longitudinal side bars, and vertically.disposed corner brackets connected at their upper and lower ends to saidend and side bars, respectively, said corner brackets being formed withloop portions between their upper and lower ends, of a bedstead frame,and compression-springs within said loop portions stepped on saidbedstead frame and at their upper ends engaged by the upper ends of saidloop portions, substantially as described.

3. In a bed construction, the combination with a bed-bottom framecomprising transverse end bars, longitudinal side bars, and verticallydisposed corner brackets connected at their upper and lower ends to saidend and side bars, respectively, said corner brackets being formed withloop portions between their upper and lower ends, of a bedstead framehaving cross-bars extending between and resting upon the longitudinalside rails thereof and passing through the loop portions of said cornerbrackets, and compression-springs within said loop portions stepped onsaid cross-bars of the bedstead frame and at their upper ends engaged bythe upper ends of said loop portions, substantially as described.

4. In a bed construction, the combination with a bed-bottom framecomprising trans-- verse end bars, longitudinal side bars, andvertically disposed corner brackets connected at their upper and lowerends to said end and side bars, respectively, said corner brackets beingformed with loop portions between their upper and lower ends, of abedstead frame having cross-bars extending between and resting upon thelongitudinal side rails thereof and passing through the loop portions ofsaid corner brackets, compression-springs within said loop portionsstepped on said cross-bars of the bedstead frame and at their upper endsen gaged by the upper ends of said loop portions, and bolts extendingvertically through said loop portionsof the corner brackets, springs,and cross-bars, substantially as described.

LOUIS H. MANSON. BURR B. BLOOD.

WVitnesses Enw. H. KooHLER, B. E. TILDEN.

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